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A Southern California resident has filed suit against Microsoft seeking to force the company to continue free security updates for Windows 10 — a legal challenge that crystallizes the technical, economic and environmental frictions surrounding the October 14, 2025 end-of-support milestone...

The countdown for Windows 10’s end of support has entered its final phase, and the implications reverberate far beyond mere inconvenience. With Microsoft’s official cutoff coming on October 14, 2025, over a billion devices face not only operational hurdles, but also profound security risks and...

Microsoft’s approach to rolling out updates has always sparked passionate debate within the worldwide Windows community, but a recent development involving update KB5001716 has added a new layer of intrigue and concern, especially for users of Windows 10 and 11. While much of the attention in...

I have received the Windows 11, version 24H2 via windows update, my current version is Windows 10 Pro edition. So, What Windows 11 edition is going to be installed?

The buzz in the tech world is intensifying as industry insiders predict that Microsoft’s next major operating system—Windows 12—will hit the market between late 2025 and early 2026. With a host of AI-driven enhancements, revamped security measures, and a modernized user interface on the horizon...

Just when you thought Microsoft was ready to tighten the noose, they’ve done a quick turnaround. A recent scuffle over the future of free Windows 11 upgrades has left users scratching their heads. If you haven’t heard, Microsoft recently released—and then quickly withdrew—a blog post that hinted...

If you're still rocking Windows 10, there's something shiny and new on the horizon for you! Microsoft is tinkering with the Settings app in Windows 10, and while this may seem like a benign update at first glance, it appears to serve a much larger purpose—reminding you that Windows 11 beckons...

Brace yourselves, Windows users—Microsoft has once again stirred the tech pot, confirming that Windows 11 will flat-out refuse to support older hardware, effectively sidelining systems that lack the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0. This move doubles down on the company's previously stated...

Introduction In a recent article from PCWorld titled How to Get Windows 11 Cheap (or Even for Free), author Alaina Yee dives into the murky waters of Windows licensing to unveil some savvy strategies for snagging Microsoft's latest operating system at a fraction of its retail cost—or even free...

Microsoft has recently announced that Windows 11 versions 21H2 and 22H2 will cease to receive security updates and support on October 8, 2024. This announcement serves as a critical reminder for users still operating on these versions, urging them to consider upgrading to newer editions to avoid...

Do I have to do an upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 in order to do a clean install of 11 with the MCT?

I have Windows 10 Pro (just shy of licensed) installed on a 970 Plus M.2 drive (see all specs in signature). The PC is not running at the speed I would have expected (for instance my Random Read/Write values are pitiful (see attachment). I either have my BIOS incorrectly set up, too much junk...

Originally updated Win 7 to 10 successfully as soon as available with many updates installed .subsequently without any hassle. Recently this changed. Last successful update 1803, but then failed right up to recent 1909, error code 0xc004f075. This error code is meaningless - does not produce...

Hi, Everyone, a friend of mine has had trouble with his laptop recently, he had upgraded it from windows 8 to windows 10 a long time ago and says it has been buggy and running slow ever since, after much messing about I did a factory reset which has taken his system back to windows 8. I am just...

This topic is targeted at Vista users mainly who may visit here only for Vista support. On April 11, 2017 support for Vista will officially end meaning that there will be no more security updates, no more official support from Microsoft period and you will be left with a unsecure OS. I highly...

I am currently trying to overwrite my old PC to hand it to my girlfriend with a clean slate. It's currently a win7 home premium. I changed boot priority to DVD over HDD, insert Win10 disc, start PC. When prompted to press any key the win10 logo comes up and after a few minutes I am told that a...

This is my opinion and may have some merit. The two desktop PC's I have and the wife with her Dell laptop have been upgraded to Windows 10... One of mine is with WIN 10 Pro. There's not a day go by that we have some type of issues with the new upgrade. If it's not security issues...

hello, In an effort to renew my wifes desktop, I bought a SSD and installed Win10 on it. Everything is fine. Her factory HDD still has her factory winxp on it. I created a 25Gig partition and moved music etc to the storage partition of the winxp hdd. How do I remove winxp ? so just to...

Has anyone else experienced this? I was unable to update from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro via Windows update as the download/ install kept failing. I then downloaded the 64-bit Win 10 installer from the MS website and ran it. Everything went fine until I was presented with three options...

I upgraded to windows 10, but for some reason a large amount of my ram is being used as well. I start up my pc at 70% some times. I have 8gb of ram. Also, if i were to downgrade back to 8.1, would the ram still get consumed as much? Regedit, going to NDU and then to start and changing it to 4...